Improvement in convebting wheel oaemaqes into sleighs



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Be it known that I, O. B. HALE; of Ohicopee, Hampden countyGommonwealthof Massachusetts, invented a new and-useful .method ofConverting 'Wheel Carriages into Sleighs and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full and exact description thereof, reference beinghad to'tlie accompanying drawingsyand to letters'lgf referencemarkedthereon.- a 4) i r ,iThis invention relates to an improved runner,so arranged as to be readily adapted and fastened to a wheel of acarriage, so that the same inay be readily changed into a sleigh. Inconstruction it consists of e runner, A,'formed as'shown in thedrawings; of 'which-- i {Figure 1 is a side, and

Figure2, a front view ofv this invention; v This runner is carried up infront, and is fastened to the frame of thecarriage by the peculiar]arr-an ed fastening; consisting of the piece B; sliding in ways 0 C.This slide has a hole drilled through itfin which a thread is cut andthe screw D fits;'th'e rod'E, on which this screw is out, extends upwardarid in towards the frame of the wagon or oarria'ge,lend is therefastened by theclamp F G, this arrangement being made to allow fofiizevibrition of-fthe'runner o i'jcar'riage'ffanre. Thisiuhneris fastened tothe wheel by theclam'pi H K,"

a formed of the ecoentric came a a; pivoted at b6, having handles,-c 0,so arranged that when these'handles are turned up they (the clamps)loosen, and, when turned down, tighten and fasten the runner: to the rimof the wheel. -When it is desired to remove the runner from the wheel,the clamps H K are loosened, as described,

and the pins 6 b are removed, therods E taken out from, the clamps G,and the runner may simply liftingthe wheel from it, The utility of thisinvention is too obviousto need much e go on to the 'endof-thei'rjourney by placing these runners on their wheels, when otherwise theywould be obliged to stop on account of the snow.

Ido not claim the attachment of runners to wheel carriages broadly, asthat has before been done in various ways, but'what I do-claim,an ddesire tofs'eoure by Letters Batent, ise I r The runner-A, when-thesame'iii-attached: to the -wheel by means of the oILln'pb H and to thefrer'ne of .the cairiagebymeans of. thearrangernent of the nntB, rod E,andclamp F G, oombiuedandopgr-ating substantially as, herein set forth.

Witnesses: J B, Gunman.

' J. .E. Fume.

be removed by v xplanation, saving? as it does,- the expense of aseparate vehicle in waiter, and rendering personywhen overtaken by snow,able to

